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Healing in Tana Delta, Kenya

In the northeast of Kenya, just south of the Somali border, the mighty Tana River meets the Indian Ocean coast. The river’s delta region is an area of wilderness, shrubland and deserted beaches. It is a haven for birds, teeming with wild game. The isolated area is also home to many of Kenya’s unreached tribal groups. Willem and Mee Hyae Westerink first visited the area in 1997, as part of an outreach from... read more

Partnerships among the unreached

One of the great successes of the last twenty years is YWAM’s work amongst Angola’s unreached tribes. This has come after years of hard work, prayer and partnership. Churches have been planted, and community development and education is continuing. One of the real needs today is for further Bible translation, alongside more extensive literacy training. This is going to be made easier by the developing... read more

Building community at the well

An hour before opening time the kids start arriving at Teen Bi, knocking on the door, impatient to get in. None of them wear watches, but they arrive early every day, looking forward to spending three hours at the youth club. They’re from a poor community in Dakar, Senegal’s capital city, and just a fifth of them are able to go to school at all. So Teen Bi has become their school, a place they love, where from... read more

Learning from the pioneers

In 1991 a team of six Brazilians began the slow process of pioneering YWAM Angola. They had taken on a tough task, in one of the world’s poorest nations, suffering a devastating civil war. Twenty years later the war is over. YWAM’s work today is thriving. The team of six has grown to over sixty, working in seven locations. Forty of the staff are Angolans. Many Angolans have been in the mission over a decade,... read more

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